Website is not accessible: HTTP Error 500.52 – URL Rewrite Module Error

Symptoms

• On opening the domain in a browser, the following error is shown:

  HTTP Error 500.52 - URL Rewrite Module Error.

• The %plesk_vhosts%example.comhttpdocsweb.config file does not contain rewrite directives

• In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager > Servername > Sites > example.com > URL Rewrite rewrite rules are present

Cause

The inconsistency of the web.config file.

Resolution

1. Connect to the server via RDP
2. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager > Servername > Sites > example.com > URL rewrite
3. Select each rewrite rule and disable them by clicking on Disable Rule
4. Enable each rewrite rule back by clicking Enable rule